Plumbing-bowl fixture.



I. A. MANN, DEC'D.

m. P. MANN, EXECUTRIX.

PLUMBING BOWL FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED MA". 29. 1914.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

WITNESSES l. A. MANN, DECD.

M. P. MANN, EXECUTRIX.

PLUMBING BOWL FIXTURE.

APPLICATION nuso MAY 29. 1914. msww, Patented Feb.19,1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

WTTNESSES IRA A. MANN, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA; MARIGN P. MANNEXECUTRIX 0F SAID IRA A. DIANN, DECEASED.

PLUMBING-301N111 FDQTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, TBA A. .MANN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPlumbing- Bowl Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

1e invention re at 0 un '1 i Tl 1 es t l ibmg bon fixtures such as thoseof closets, sinks, lavatories, and the like, and particularly to wallbowls and the method of supporting them from the piping in the wall orpartition against which the bowl is applied. The invention has for itsprimary objects; the provision of a construction with an inclined outletsleeve or coupling in which improved means are employed for securing anadjustable sealing joint between the sleeve and the surrounding bowl;the provision in a device of the character specified of improved meansfor securing the bowl against movement longitudinally of the inclinedsleeve; the provision of improved means for securing a bearing supportbetween the wall of the outletpassage of the bowl and the inclinedcoupling; the provision of an arrangement whereby the supply valve orvalves and their box are supported on the piping and readily accessiblefor repair; and in general the provision of a simplified bowl supportingmeans of great rigidity and capable of ready adjustment. Certainembodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section,showing the application of my invention to a lavatory, Fig. 2 is asection on the line IIII of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a face View of the valvebox and its supporting means, F ig. l is a partial side elevation andpartial section through a modified construction, Fig. 5 is a plan viewof a clamp of slightly different type from that shown in Fig. 4, Fig. 6is a side elevation partly in section, of a modification showing theapplication of the invention to a closet, and Fig. 7 is a plan view ofmeans for connecting the bowl to the piping in the wall, the bowl itselfbeing removed.

Referring first to the construction of Figs. 1, 2, and 3, l is alavatory bowl which may be of any approved type; 2 is the outlet stopperoperated fromthe handle 3; 4 is the upwardly inclined outlet passageleading from the device; 5 is the upright outlet piping located in thewall or partition; 6 is a box carrying the inlet valve 7 which iscontrolled by the handle 8; and 9 is the spigot leading from the valve 7into the bowl.

Connected with the T 10 forming a part of the outlet piping is adownwardlyinclined coupling 11, such coupling extending to a pointadjacent the lower end of the passage i and abutting at its lower endagainst the shoulder 12. The coupling 11 fits loosely in the outletpiping 4, and a tight joint is secured by the use of a compressiblegasket 13 which surrounds the coupling. In order to hold the gasketagainst downward movement with respect to the coupling a collar 14 isscrew threaded upon the end of the coupling, thus providing a shoulderagainst which the gasket contacts.

The compressing of the gasket 13 in order to secure a tight joint isaccomplished by means of a sleeve 15 which telescopes over the coupling11 and engages at its front edge with the gasket 13. This sleeve isprovided with a flange 16 and through perforations in this flange arethreaded the securing bolts 17 which perform the double function ofadjusting the sleeve 15 and of supporting the bowl. The bolts 17 extendthrough flanges 18 forming a part of the bowl structure, and areprovided at their ends with holding nuts 19. The other ends of the bolts17 pass of the bolts 17 which carry the nuts are pro- 7 vided withlongitudinal slots and the nuts themselves are similarly slotted toreceive keys 21. When these keys are in the position indicated in Fig.2, and the nuts 19 are turned, the bolts 17 turn with the nuts, and thesleeve 15 is adjusted forwardly to compress the gasket 18. On the otherhand when it is desired to adjust the position of the bowl with respectto the wall, without operating the sleeve 15, the keys 21 areremovedfrom vposition, and on screwing up the nuts19 the bowl isadjusted toward the yoke 20 without producing any change in the relativeposition of the yoke 20 and the sleeve 15. This last operation of coursetends to tighten the gasket 13, but this can be compensated for ifdesired, before the justed and tightened without inconvenience andwithout the necessity of removing the bowl from the wall. 7 A furtheradvantage results from the fact that the gasket 13 provides a yieldingsupport taking the downward thrust due to theweight of the bowl. Thesupport is thus secured at/a maximum distance from the wall, relievingthewall itself of the thrust of the bowl. v

v Movement of the'upper portion of the bowl away fl'om thewa'll isresisted by means of a'pair of tension rods 22 which extend through'fiange's formed "upon the rear side or the bowl and secured in place bymeans of the nuts-23 and 2 1. The nuts 24 servefto'fix disposition oftherear of the bowl with'respect to the partition and the verticalpiping. The "other ends of these tension rods"22 extend through forks 25(Fig. 3) in the end of the arm'2G, sucharm being carried by a halfcollar '27 (Fig. 1) which partially surrounds thePlPB 5. This halfcollar 27 is bolted to another halt'collar28, thus providing asupporting clamp upon the pipe5. The ends of the rods 22 are securedin-the forks 25 by; means of the squared" nuts 29'slotted1toffit'slidably but non-rotatably in the said forks. By

these means" the rods 22 can be adjusted in and out as (:lesi'red,andfthe position or the passage at permits the bowl to swing around thegasket as a 'fulc'rum when the tension rods'are adjusted. This featureot'adjustment takes'care of any sagging, and of any warpage" accruing inturning-the ware, such warpage' making it ii'npossibleto attach thebowls by standard uniform fittings not'having the'fea'ture ofadjustment. The brace 1 preventswarping of the trap portion of the bowltherebeneath. j

Mounted above the rods'22 is the valve box '30, such box being securedin position by means of the brackets 31 bolted to the half collar 27,and carried by the same bolts;

which hold the two parts of the clamp together. The box'30 can bearranged'to hold any desired number of valves 7, the box as indicated inFig. 3 being designed to hold three valves, thesterns whereof passthrough I theholes31jin the lid of the boxjfThe lid is provided withperforations 32 to take plaster when "so desired, but-a solid covering33 can be used upon this lid, being held in position withthe lid itselfby means of the screws 34.

, In Fig. 4a modified construction is illustrated; the typeof bowl beingsomewhat dif ingirom the bowl to the piping '5. The gas ferent and themethod of adjusting the gas, ket being-dili erent. In this structure 1,is the bowl, 5 is the outlet piping, 2 is the out let plug, and 11 isthe outlet coupling leadket 13 is operated by means of a sleeve 15, suchsleeve being provided with an inwardly directed flange 16 through whichare threaded adjusting sleeves 35. Through these sleeves 35 extend thethreaded ends 36 of the yoke 20, such threaded endscarrying the nuts 19.Threaded upon the adjusting sleeves35 are the adjusting nuts 37, whichnuts when once screwed into theposition illustrated in Fig. 4 arenon-rotatable with respect to the sleeve ltwillbe seen that when nuts 19are loosenedthe nuts'37 can be turned, thus n'ioving the sleeve 35 andadjusting the sleeve 15 in and out. When it is desired to adjust theposition or the bowl with respect to the wall the nuts 19are' operated.

In Fig. 5 a clamp for the piping 5"is illustrated, which clamp consistsof two parts 39-and' 1Obolted together over the pipe and each providedwith a forked arm, 1-1 and a2. Thisclamp' may very conveniently be usedwhen there arebowls'on'opposite sides of the same partition, the oneclamp thus serving to carry the'tensio'n rods 22 from each bowl.

In Figs-6 and 7 a modified construction is illustrated, such modifiedconstruction being particularly applicable to use in cases where thebowl is a closet bowl. In thisflOO construction the bowl l is providedwith an upwardly -di1'ected outlet. passage .leading to the piping 5 andairinc'line'd con pling 11 is employed through which an annular flushingjet is admitted via the passagee3. The gasket 13 is used 'inter-'mediate the coupling and the interior of the outlet passage, the same asin the other (2011-. struction and this gasket13 is adjusted "by 7means, of the sleeve l5 having the out. wardly turned flanges 18 throughwhich are threaded the adjusting bolts 17 'These 7 bolts 17 extend attheir upper ends through an angular, plate 44, and at their lower I endsare provided with the nuts 19 The threaded ends of the bolts 17 and" thenuts are slotted as in the construction of'Fig. 1, and keys 21 areemployed just asin the construction of Fig.1. The operation of adjustingthe sleeve 15 and the bowl is therefore precisely the same as intheapparatus of Figs. 1 and 2. The angular plate 14: is supported fromthepiping 5 by means of a yoke 20 extending around the piping andthrough the plate asiindicated infl 'igs. sand 7 The bowl 1 is providedat its upper rearportionlwith a flange 45, and tension bolts 16-are-provide'd intermediate this flange 4 5 andone of tl'ie'flanges of 1the angular plate 4 1. Any sag in the bowl may be taken up by means ofthe tension connection 46, such connection performing the function ofthe tension connection 22 in the construction ofFig. 1. In thisconstruction the gasket 13 takes the main portion oi the weight of thebowl and acts as a fulcrum about which the bowl moves when the tensionconnections 4:6 are operated to level the bowl. The angular plate td ispreferably connected with the coupling 11 by means oil the lug l7 whichprojects through a slot in the plate e'et, such lug being held-inposition by means of a cotter pin 4:8. The plate it is thus securelysupported againstmovement. In this and the other types of constructionthe yoke 20 extending around the vertical piping, tends to relieve thestrain on the coupling.

l/Vhat I claim is:

1. In combination, a wall bowl having an upwardly inclined outletpassage, upright piping in the wall, an inclined coupling lying in saidpassage, and connected with the said piping, a gasket between the wallof the inclined outlet passage and the exterior of the coupling, stopmeans on the coupling, a sleeve lying between the coupling and the Wall01 the outlet passage and slidable longitudinally of the coupling andadapted to press the gasket against the said stop means, and screw meansoperable from the front of the bowl for adjusting the sleeve.

2. In combination, a wall bowl having an upwardly inclined outletpassage, upright piping in the wall, an inclined coupling lying in thesaid passage and connected with the said piping and having a shoulderat: its lower end, a gasket engaging said shoulder, a member surroundingthe coupling slidable longitudinally thereof and engaging the gasket,and screw means operable from the front of the bowl for adjusting thesleeve to compress the gasket.

3. In combination, a wall bowl having an upwardly inclined outletpassage, upright piping in the wall, an inclined coupling lying in thesaid passage and connected with the said piping, a yoke fitting aroundthe piping. screw connections between the yoke and bowl, a gasketbetween the wall of the outlet passage and the coupling, a memberfitting slidably around the coupling and engaging the gasket, and meanswhereby the said member is moved along the coupling by the said screwconnections.

4:. In combination, a wall bowl having an upwardly inclined outletpassage, uprightpiping in the wall, an inclined coupling lying in thesaid passage and connected with c said piping, a yoke fitting around thei ng, a gasket between the wall of the outand the coupling, a memberfitslidably around the coupling and enpiping in the wall, an inclinedcoupling lying in the "d passa and connected with the said J, tingaround the piping, a et betw ie wall of the outlet iassa 'e and theconning. a einber lit I t3 0/ 1 tin.- s ilaoly around the coupling andening the gust t threaded chnnections er:- encing t in We yoke throughthe said member anl through portions of the hot i nuts on the threadedcc; ections, for securing the nuts against rotation respect to thethreaded connections whereby such threaded connection may be rotated bythe nuts and the said member adjusted longi tudinally of the coupling totighten the gasket.

6. In combination, a wall bowl having an upwardly inclined outletpassage, upright piping in the wall, an inclined coupling lying in thesaid passage and connected with the said piping, a gasket between thewall of the inclined outlet passage and the exterior of the coupling andadjacent the lower end of the coupling, means adjustable longitudinallyof the coupling to tighten the gasket, and a tension connection betweenthe piping and the bowl above the coupling.

7. In combination, a wall bowl having an upwardly inclined outletpassage, upright piping in the wall, an inclined coupling ly ing in thesaid passage and connected with the said piping and having a bearingcontact adjacent its lower end with the bowl, and an adjustable tensionconnection between the piping and the bowl above the said coupling.

.8. In combination in a bowl fixture having an upwardly inclined outl tpassage leading from the lower portion of the bowl fixture, a metaloutlet coupling lying in the outlet passage, a gasket around thecoupling and lying below the water level in the fixture, means fittingover the coupling and slidable longitudinally thereof for tightening thegasket, and screw means operable from the front of the bowl foradjusting the said means.

9. In combination, a wall bowl having an upwardly inclined outletpassage, upright piping in the wall, an inclined supporting couplinglying in said passage and connected ith said upright piping, and a yokeextending around the vertical piping and having its ends connected tothe bowl, the said ends extending longitudinally of the couling.

10. In combination, a wall bowl having an upwardly inclined outletpassage, up-

right piping in the wall, a supporting coupling fitting loosely in saidpassage, and carried by the vertical piping, and having its lower endengaging the walls of the outlet passage and actin as a fulcrum supportof the bowl, and an adjustable tension connection between the uprightpiping and the bowl above the coupling for swinging the bowl. about thesaid lower end of the coupling.

11. In combination, a wall bowl having an upwardly inclined outletpassage, upright piping in the wall, a supporting coupling fittingloosely in said passage, and carried by the vertical piping, and havinga gasket on its lower end engaging the walls of the outlet passage andacting as a fulcrum support of the bowl, and an adjustable tensionconnection between the upright piping and the bowl above the couplingfor swinging coupling.

12. In combination, a wall bowl having an upwardly inclined outletpassage, upright piping in the wall, a supporting coupling fittingloosely in said passage, and carried by the vertical piping, and havingagasket on its lower end engaging the walls subscribed witnesses.

IRA A. MANN.

Witnesses:

Ancnwonrn MARTIN, M. L. J ones,

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